Worldwide: Energy and Natural Resources

Renewable energy developers are navigating new regulatory pathways and federal scrutiny as battery storage projects shift to state-level approval processes, while California investigates controversial federal buyouts of offshore wind leases. Meanwhile, major partnerships are advancing sodium-ion battery technology and massive solar-plus-storage deployments across the western United States.

Budget issues dominated much of Washington’s 2026 legislative session, but also reflected the continuation of the state’s environmental policy agenda, particularly Washington’s climate, clean energy...

Oregon’s 2026 legislative session advanced the state’s goals on environmental protection, clean energy development, and regulatory efficiency. Lawmakers passed legislation addressing energy facility siting...

Renewable energy developers are navigating new regulatory pathways and federal scrutiny as battery storage projects shift to state-level approval processes, while California investigates controversial federal buyouts of offshore wind leases. Meanwhile, major partnerships are advancing sodium-ion battery technology and massive solar-plus-storage deployments across the western United States.

Pennsylvania is emerging as a strategic hub for data center and AI infrastructure development, offering a unique convergence of manufacturing capacity, energy resources, and regulatory frameworks. The Commonwealth's position as the largest net exporter of electricity in the United States, combined with its robust industrial supply chain and skilled workforce, creates compelling advantages for developers and investors navigating this rapidly evolving market.

The previous alert in this series traced the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) regulatory trajectory from the Talen Order through the pending Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large-load interconnection (the DOE Rulemaking Proposal), a progression from rejection to structured accommodation in just 18 months.

Minimal progress has been achieved towards a permanent settlement of conflict between the DRC and the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23. Fighting in the eastern Congo persists, and both sides continue to accuse...

Federal agencies are deploying equity and equity-linked capital instruments across the critical minerals sector, fundamentally reshaping how mining and processing projects are capitalized, governed and exited. This structural shift introduces new considerations for sponsors and strategic investors navigating transactions where national security priorities intersect with private capital formation.

President Trump has invoked Defense Production Act authorities to support energy infrastructure deemed essential to national defense, covering grid components, natural gas systems, coal supply chains, and petroleum capacity. The determinations create a legal pathway for the Department of Energy to deploy financial support mechanisms, though their practical impact will depend on funding availability and implementation decisions. The move has sparked debate over whether emergency authority is being appropriat

Bob Brewer, Braumiller Law Group is joined by Victoria Holmes of the Dispatch to cover an update on the Strait of Hormuz and trade volatility.

Renewable energy developers are navigating new regulatory pathways and federal scrutiny as battery storage projects shift to state-level approval processes, while California investigates controversial federal buyouts of offshore wind leases. Meanwhile, major partnerships are advancing sodium-ion battery technology and massive solar-plus-storage deployments across the western United States.

Budget issues dominated much of Washington’s 2026 legislative session, but also reflected the continuation of the state’s environmental policy agenda, particularly Washington’s climate, clean energy...